ASKALS OP EOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCtTTrA.
P e r a i , up lo cleyatíons of 1,000 feet. Common.
Bi,ti.e,™bed from .very hitk.rto d.s.riM .p.rie, „f thi, go™ by ¡t. elongal. =„u-„W-.h.pd
lTu,t. The of 11. p.t.l. . „ ato m«.l> I.xg„ .„d bro.a.r th.„ i. ,„ual in
P L A T E loO.
H y d s o c a t o WiiAYi, King in Jom-n. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pi. 2, p. 121.
A small sab-glabrons tee. Yonng branelies with pale liiwn, minutely lenticelkte
pnbernlous ba. t sub-coriaceons, elHptie, shortly and abruptly aenminate, the edge
s l , g h t y reem-ved when d.y^ the haae rounded, sometimes narrowed and unequal; t L
rohenlations on both surfaces very prominent; upper sarfaco glabrous, sliinin» minutely
pustulate when dry; the lower of a pale brown when dry, glabrous except The puberulons
midrib and 8 lo 9 pairs of bold sub-ereet nerves; length 8 to 10 in., breadth 3-0 to
4 in.; petiole less than -ó m., stout. Hal. Jlo«,„ nearly -o in. in diam., in vei y minute,
a x i l l a r y ped,celled, few-flowered cymes. S,,ak 5, slightly iuibrieate, rotund, nube.,cent,
larger than the petals. I'elak 5, of tlie same shape as the sepals, but smaller, each with
a Heshy roughly ci.ueate scale the apex of which is irregalarly toothed and ciliate.
k b v m , lo, the filaments glabrous, much thickened at the base; anthers broadly ovate
cordate F«,u,l, un k n own . Fruit imrrowly ovoid, tapering at both ends, often
d in. long, and 1-7,5 m. in diam., minale'y falrous-vclvotty; the apical mamilla -f.ó in
long with Its top depressed and crowned by the 3 flesl.y bifid stigmas; one-eelled,
several-seeded. Peiicd short, stout. emb e d d e d in a little pulp, elongate, planoconvex,
-7,5 in long. c > p o
Porak. King's Collector, No. 3800; Wray, No. 2603.
IMs .p„ie, ha> moi, damens than are ™ . l in the genu, la tJii, „.piol it appear.
g . n ° r ' ™ ® ^" " • " t « ' « : •»>' » tl. ..¡her. do not agree with t t a . d tliat
iwo stampjis! much.enlarged. n • >
P L A T E 151.
Hvdjíocarpus ILICIFOLIA, King, n. sp.
A small tree; the young branches pale, striate. U a m coriaeoous, o b W , acuminate
t h e edges remotely but sliarply serrate, the base slightly cunoate; main nerves 7 iiair.'
curvmg, faiut; the reticulations distinct; length 3'5 to 6 in., breadth V2o to 2-25 iii.^
petiole -3 in. Male flowers in few-flowered axillary fascicles, not much longer tlian tlie
petioles, the buds depressed-globular, the pedicels very short. Sepals i, in decussate
p a i r i , very concave and much imbricate, rotund. Pefola 4, sometimes 8, fimall<;r than
t h e sepals, crose, the gland large and sub-quadrato, Slamns 20; the anthers ovate,
IcDgor than the short, stout, pubescent filaments. Fvmale flowers unknown. FruU
DESCRIPTtONS OP NEW AND RARE INDIAN PLANTS. 131
globular, minutely rusty, velvetty-pubesceiU, 1-j in. in diam., containing several subovoid
angled seeds.
K e d a h : Curtis No. 2671. Langkani: Curtis No. 2!30:3. Distrib. Java (Preano-er
Province), Forbes No. 1159. °
a very dTtiEoT'oiiT sspauded male flowei-e of tliis and ao foraale flowors. Tbo species is, however,
PiiTB 161. Jl,t,dn',carpui iUnfolia. King, I, branch with mnio flowers in bud; 2, rips fruit; 3. seod • of natural
she: sepal; 5, petal with its seal« i 6, stamens of a mal» bud seen from abo;«: enlarged-, 7, single stameD. front
uewrmiicA enlarged.
T a r a e t o g e n o s , Hassk. Nat. Ord. Bixineai.
Trees with entire alternate leaves and minute fugaceous stipules. Flowers in more
or less dense, short, axillary, few-flowered cymss; a few hermaphrodite, but the
m a j o r i t y staminiferous only. Staminifirous flower; sepals 4, in decussate pairs, much
imbricate, rotund, concave: petals 8, in two rows, smaller than the sepals, imbricate
each with a gland at its base; glands less than half as large as the petals, fleshy,
cuneate, plano-convex, ridged, the ape.t often irregularly toothed and with 2 or 3
cylindrio pits. Stamens 20 to 33, the anthers deeply cordate. Female flowers like the
males, but the sepals often only 3, the petals 6, and the stamens 16 or 17; ovari/
elongate-ovoid, sulcate, divided above into 4 oblong, divergent, roflexed lobes each
hearing a stigmatic surface internally; 1-celled with 4 multi-ovulate parietal placentas.
Fruit large, globular or ovoid, with hard übrous or woody rind, and several large seeds
embedded in a scanty pulp. Seeds with thick hard testa, copious albumen, and strai"-ht
central embryo; the cotyledons large, cordate, foliaceous, 3-nerved. Species probably
about 8; all Malayan.
iiToi«.—This genus was founded by Hosskarl (Retzia, i, 137) on the plant named Mydnocarpm
heterophyllus by Blume (Rumpliia, iv, 23, t. 178B., fig. 1, and Mus, Bot. i, lü). Until now that plant
has been the only known speoies. But the following lia^e been discovered by Messrs. Kunstler and
Wroy in Porak. And from the similarity in externals to Hydnooarpas, as well as from the imperfect
nature of the Herbarium materials of the latter, it appears to me extremely probable that several
things now referred to Sydnov.arpus really belong to Taraktogenos. In the Oaloutta Herbarium, there
are imperfoot materials of, at least, 8 undeseribed species which belong either to one or other of these
T a r a k t o g e n o s Kunstleet, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pi. 2, p. 122.
A sub-glabrous tree 40 to 60 feet high. Young branches fulvous-puberulous.
Leaves coriaceous, unequal-sided, oblong-lanccolate to elliptic, shortly acuminate; the base
narrowed and unequal, 3-nervcd; both surfaces shining, the lower rough from the
|)rominent nerves and reticulations; lateral nerves 3 to 5 pairs on the narrower and 4 to
7 pairs on the wider side, sub -erect, prominent beneath; length 4'5 to 6 in., breadth 1'5
to 3 in.; petiole '3 to -5 in,, puberulous. Cymes dense, many-flowercd. Male floivers
•5 t o -6 • • I d i am. ; theii' pedicels '25 to '35 • " sericeous e x t e r n a l l y,
ANN. EOY, BOT. GA;